The Beast 30-06

[baldhunter]

Took my 28" PacNor barreled 30-06 to the range today to try the Reloader 26 loads.This thing is a beast with the 28" barrel.The 63.5gr load of Reloader26 with a 180gr Accubond clocked at 2992fps on my Magnetospeed and I tried 61.0grs of Reloader26 with a 200gr Accubond and it clocked at 2815fps.Wow,great groups too.
Winchester Brass
WLRM Primer
Reloader 26 Powder
63.5grs with 180gr
61.0grs with 200gr

 

[Frank in the Laurels]

The old warhorse cartridge will serve anyone well, it has stood the test of time and has witnessed many of the so-called fly by nighters go by the way side. With the proper bullet it will handle anything you can hit...great cartridge!!

 

[baldhunter]

The old warhorse cartridge will serve anyone well, it has stood the test of time and has witnessed many of the so-called fly by nighters go by the way side. With the proper bullet it will handle anything you can hit...great cartridge!!

Old cartridge but with the modern powders and good rifle barrels,it's a way better cartridge than most people think it is.With the 28" barrel,it's rivaling my 26" barreled 300WSM.

 

[Seabeeken]

My PacNor barreled 9.3x62 shoots amazing too. In fact, its hard to make it shoot bad. Good barrels

 

[Ivorygrip]

Awesome, glad to see people using this, the RL-26 in magic dust in the old 06 I am using a 24" model 70 made in 1947 with 180gr Swift sirocco bullets with 62.5 gr of RL-26 getting 2945fps avg from the lab radar.
insane….

 

[droptine]

I'm impressed, that's pickin um up,and putting um down. I've never done a rifle on a 28. Most of my stuff is 24, I think I have two rifles with 26 inch, a 338 win mag and something else but can't remember. Maybe a Wby mag.

I have to get up to speed on using slower powders and heavier bullets in my 06's. I'm still hung up on RL19 and 165 gr. in my 06. At least I graduated from 4350 and 150 gr. Nosler solid base LOL!!!

 

[The Oregonian]

My 30-06 punches above its weight as well…I shoot Berger 185 HVLD's at about 2900 out of a 24" barrel with N560. Great cartridge.

 

[338 dude]

I am using H 4350 and 150 grain partitions in my model 70 3006 when testing loads my second load was shooting cloverleafs at 100 yards and something I've never had happened before never even had to adjust my zero I was hitting the bull with a Cloverleaf at 100 so I never even checked my velocity I was using Hornady superformance 150 grain ammo before hand loading for this rifle

 

[nksmfamjp]

Holy cow! I shoot Berger 180's at 3050 fps out of my 24" 300 Sherman! Powder charge is 66.8gr of RL26. That 4" of barrel is really giving you something!

 

[Aussie Hunter Steve]

Wow .... now you're only 500fps behind the RUM

 

[rustyshackleford]

I haven't tried RL-26 yet but with RL-16 I'm getting 2700 ft/sec on the nose from a 22" 06 with 200 gr SGK's. I found RL-16 to be a little slower burning than H4350. No pressure signs and good accuracy for a pencil barrel

 

[LongWalker]

Have a Franchi Momentum factory stock with 22" barrel and have the Berger 180EH running at 2850 in Lapua brass in front of VV N550. I concur new powders and projectiles keep the classic still plenty relevant.

 

[can1010]

i have to second RL-16 in the 06. I just did my brothers 06 with RL-16 and 180 B-Tips and the gun came alive. settled on 2828 out of an old model 70 featherweight with 22" barrel

you have to love those 200gr AB those things have shot great in anything i have tried them in. Nice job to the OP

 

[baldhunter]

I had good luck with R-16 loaded at 57.0grs with a 168gr Ballistic tip.It was the only load I could get my Sako A7 to shoot well with until I figured out I had a stock issue and it got replaced under warranty.Now it shoots just about everything well.

What are y'all loading for 180gr bullets with R-16?